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Sunday, June 30, 2013

The journey has just begun

Today marks the end of a nearly 10 month journey; tomorrow I start my new job. I was fortunate to participate in an amazing yoga workshop today, led by a very dear yoga teacher, Amy Reed, that truly served to mark the end of this journey. It also helped that she opened the workshop talking about her very own 10 month journey which then of course made me think about my 10 month journey.And though this journey is coming to an end I am looking forward to the one that will begin tomorrow.I really do enjoy a good journey, I love to travel and I love taking on a new adventure. I have journeyed around the world twice (read about that here: Around the World Via Ship). I have driven back and forth across the U.S. to move and roadtripped many times. On those physical journeys I have always surrounded myself with people who were supportive, fun and all around good company to accompany the journey I was on. Those journeys are not unlike the one I was on recently. Though the purpose of this particular journey was not to reach a physical location, it certainly was about traveling, seeking and reaching a destination. There were many twists and turns in this journey, many hilly roads and obstacles to overcome but I did indeed reach my destination. I did this with the help, guidance and support of the good company that I chose to keep. Like many journeys you take often you head out in one direction thinking you will end up in one place and instead you venture elsewhere, veering off course not where you thought you would be but exactly where you are supposed to be. I was lost in September, very, very lost, and it took dedication and patience to arrive where I am right now, exactly where I am supposed to be.It is 10pm at night right now and I just finished hanging things on my walls in my new apartment, the finishing touches I feel necessary to make it feel like home and ready for what new journey lies ahead of me. The amazing journey I have just taken deep inside of myself has allowed me to emerge more ready than I could have imagined to start this next journey. We are always traveling somewhere, we are always on a journey and sometimes we are just not aware of it until something grand occurs. Revel in life's journey, be present to it, learn from it and you will emerge better from it. I certainly did!

The Poetry of Yoga

I have written a poem that has been published in this book!! The Poetry of Yoga is a ground breaking book anthology expanding the literary tradition of yoga to include the cultural perspective of the 21st century. A modern day collection compiled and edited by artist, poet, and yogi HAWAH, this second volume is distilled from over 1,900 pages of poetry, submitted from 19 countries. Fifty percent of ALL book sales are donated to the non-profit organization, One Common Unity. Their pioneering work brings non-violence through arts & music to inner-city youth.